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YouTube and Google’s global head of music Lyor Cohen has been confirmed to receive City of Hope’s highest honor, the Spirit of Life Award, at its fall gala. The veteran music executive will receive the shine on Oct. 18 at West Hollywood’s Pacific Design Center. The Spirit of Life Award is “presented to an esteemed community of industry leaders around the world who have made a significant commitment to improving the lives of others through the advancement of research and clinical innovation and the…

Famed music mogul Lyor Cohen is in Edmonton at the Juno Awards on a mission, but will the Canadian music industry listen?Canada’s Online Streaming Act—Bill C-11—is on its way to becoming the law of the land. In a basic sense, it’s taking some of the longtime rules of radio and television about Canadian content—like how much Canadian content you see and hear, and how it gets funded behind the scenes—and applying them to streaming services and social media.For the Canadian industry, they see it as a way to produce and…